Auditor: Total Ill. deficit nears $44B

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The state's overall deficit climbed to nearly $44 billion last year, easily the worst in the nation, the Illinois auditor general reported Thursday.

The red ink grew by 16.8 percent in a single year, Auditor General William Holland said.

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